Operation Blue Jay
1953 film
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Operation Blue Jay was the code name for the construction of Thule Air Base, which is now known as Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. It started as a secret project, but was made public in September 1952 through Life Magazine.[1] Blue Jay brought 7,000 construction workers to build the secret cold war base.[2] The project built a three-kilometer long runway to service large B-36 Peacemaker and B-47 Stratojet bombers.[3]
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Operation Blue Jay is a 1953 American short documentary film about the project.[5] Master Sergeant Lester A. Marks was the sole cinematographer for this film when he worked for the US Signal Corps.[6] It aired on television on the series The Big Picture.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[7][8]
